The texts listed below are young adult fiction most suited to NCEA Level 1 and level 6 of the curriculum as they tend to be narrative driven with fairly obvious messages:

Text Title
Text Author
Comment
Rosie
Pat Spillane

Grace
Pat Spillane

Takes two
David Hill

Our day out
Willy Russell




Pounamu Pounamu & others
Witi Ihimaera

Flight
Doris Lessing


Owen Marshall


Roald Dahl

Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle


Patricia Grace

Like Wallpaper
Carl Nixon


Frank Sargeson


Apirana Taylor

An Inspector Calls
J B Priestley

A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams

Macbeth - Shakespeare


Niu Sila
Dave Armstrong and Oscar Kightley

Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare

The Pohutukawa Tree
Bruce Mason

The Tempest - Shakespeare


Twelfth Night - Shakespeare


Twelve Angry Men
Reginald Rose


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